Novedades

The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes presents eight new stories about Holmes which set the great detective against the background of Victorian England, an era of enormous progress, in science, transport, and medicine but which also witnessed a surge in urban poverty, prostitution and imperial adventurism. Each of the stories in this collection engages with an aspect of this background.

A popular fishing captain is murdered on his own trawler and everyone in Haversport, Massachusetts, knows the culprit is a young deckhand named Ben Broome, including Detective Lillian Grimes. But Ben has discovered the perfect hiding place: as a reporter writing for the tiny Coastal Packet, a newspaper in South Carolina. When a half-eaten body washes in it becomes the biggest story in the paper’s history and brings cunning, charismatic Ben unexpected success.

🍰 Murder, Muffins, and a Maine Coon with a Nose for Clues… Welcome to Whisker’s Bakery! 🐾 Olivia “Liv” Parker left the high-stakes world of Boston homicide for a quieter life in Harbor Point—a charming coastal town where the scones are sweet, the coffee is strong, and the cats have a mind of their own. But Liv’s dream of opening Whisker’s Bakery & Cat Café crumbles on opening morning when the town’s most powerful (and most disliked) real estate mogul drops dead on her kitchen floor—with one of her signature scones in hand. Now the prime suspect in a small-town ...

Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d’Orçay’s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire. Events are planned, a huge brocante, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition boules tournament between the two towns and a team of international boules all-stars.

For years, Lady Bancroft’s Valentine’s Ball at Bancroft Hall had been a glittering gathering of high society’s most eligible men and women. Countless happy couples owe their love stories to her matchmaking, their gratitude keeping Lady Bancroft in the genteel comfort of her grand Cotswolds estate. But this year tragedy strikes. A murder threatens to ruin everything. Desperate, Lady Bancroft turns to her neighbour, the dashing Major Heathcliff Lennox. A decorated war hero and now a consultant to Scotland Yard, Lennox would much rather be fishing.

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt. As Seb and Birdie dig deeper, they discover Helen Brackstone wasn't just a suburban housewife—she was part of a secretive activist group investigating high-level corruption.

Everyone has some darkness lurking inside of them. The ability to convince themselves what's right is wrong, and what's wrong is right. All my life, I got great at hiding my demons. But you know what they say. Buried demons have a way of clawing themselves to the surface. For a man like me, those demons eventually became my only family.

When Blake Wilder is called to investigate a case in San Diego, a case with multiple female victims, it seems that each attack is worse than the last… While Blake investigates the victims' lives, a multitude of discrepancies arise. Could there be two perpetrators with similar methods? After tracing a connection among the first four female victims, Blake goes to a local farmer’s market where each woman made a purchase. While working on this case, she receives intel about more movement in the Arias Cartel.

FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. When victims of a new killer are marked by a scarlet letter that spells out their ultimate sin, Ella’s obsession with the macabre becomes essential as she races against time to decode the symbolism behind each death. But will her relentless pursuit lead her too close to becoming a part of the killer’s diabolical sermon?

The only thing hotter than their animosity is their attraction. Lady Gigi Harrington has a plan: save her sleepy village from ruin and prove she's more than just a pretty debutante. The arrival of ruthless industrialist Conrad Godwin jeopardizes everything. A powerful man with a secret agenda—and identity—Conrad is flummoxed when the spirited miss dares to get in his way.

Doveva essere un tranquillo weekend in montagna. Maura Isles ne aveva bisogno più che mai, per staccare un po' da un lavoro, quello di anatomopatologa, che le ha fatto guadagnare il soprannome di «regina dei morti». E per dimenticare un amore impossibile. Doveva essere un tranquillo weekend e invece va subito tutto storto. La neve comincia a cadere troppo fitta. La stradina di montagna diventa indistinguibile. Il navigatore satellitare non funziona, così come i cellulari. Basta un attimo perché l'auto esca di strada.

The historical city of Chester has been rocked by the brutal murders of several young men close to the canal. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer – who the papers have dubbed the Towpath Ripper – before they strike again. Ruth identifies a suspect but just as she is about to pounce, they slip through her fingers.

With the arrival of 1887, Sherlock Holmes's reputation had begun to grow. Now, in the year of the classic tales "The Reigate Squires" and "The Five Orange Pips", Holmes is becoming ever more sure of himself –– a trend that will continue as we make our way through his literary chronology. The game is afoot!

STAND-ALONE, #18 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "A COMPELLING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY." A BLIND EYE TURNED, AN INJUSTICE DONE. High in lonely Swinesdale, notorious burglars Jake and Boris Baddun perish in a burnt-out stolen Mercedes. Known associate Dale Spooner leaves his biological signature and the predatory DI Alec Smart moves in for the kill. Spooner is convicted, and now languishes in jail. A rumour reaches Skelgill: Spooner is innocent and can prove it – a cast-iron alibi, a video on a hidden mobile phone. But Spooner will not talk. At stake is the safety of ...

Things have settled down for the Moriarty family. Ted is back in his wife's good graces, They are preparing to return to Baltimore to Ted's job as police captain. In Baltimore, things are heating up. The O'Carrollan crime family has an ax to grind with certain members of the City police force, and Big Dev, the head of the O'Carrollans, is gunning for the officers affiliated with Katy Moriarty's bakery. Marcel and his family have returned from their sojourn in Europe, followed by his father and newly adopted sister. Then things really heat up.

When LA's yacht-set elite begin dying in a potential pattern, profiler Jessie Hunt must navigate through their world of luxury and lies. Unearthing links to forgotten crimes on open waters, Jessie soon realizes that catching this killer may just put her directly in his crosshairs.

When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne’er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhere—until he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is back, and with a load of problems for his clever niece. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: He was involved—somehow—in the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from an impregnable safe in Dublin Castle.

When the Captain suggests that Doreen might want to break her boredom spell by looking into an old case, she jumps at the chance. Anything new is always great, and anything that the Captain gives her means she has his permission—which gives her a lot of leeway in getting the information she needs.

A secret on the savannah. A bewildering death. Can a silver-haired sleuth solve a mystery before the sun sets? Community vet “Mama Rose” Hardie just wants to enjoy her golden years in Kenya, taking care of local animals, and supporting her disabled husband. But her tranquil life is blown apart when a childhood friend returns and stirs up a hornet’s nest. When a long-forgotten tragedy is dragged out into the open, she barely catches her breath before her former classmate falls prey to a wily predator. With the police warned off, this incorruptible woman agrees to help the victim’s ...

Cat Latimer and her neighbor, Dante, are throwing a party the weekend before her monthly writers' retreat starts. Dante had asked her to help find out who stole money from the Covington College endowment fund. The party's going strong until a dead body is found in Dante's conservatory after the desserts are served. With a retreat to run, Cat doesn't have time to find a killer, but when it looks like the dead guy was setting Dante up for the fall, the list of suspects explodes and includes Dante, who's now the primary suspect on Uncle Pete's list.